Pope Leo said on Sunday that he is following events after US-Israeli strikes against Iran with “deep concern” and made an impassioned appeal to stop what he called a “spiral of violence”.
“I address a heartfelt appeal to the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility to stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss,” said the pope.
Overnight, Tehran confirmed the death of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following US and Israeli strikes on his residence early on February 28. In strategic terms, this marks a watershed moment in the architecture of the Middle East conflict. This was not a tactical raid or a calibrated show of force, but a decapitation strike at the very apex of Iran’s state system.
There is a lot of debate in the media and among economists over whether the federal government should cut the capital gains tax (CGT) discount for housing in the upcoming federal budget. There are also rumours that the government is considering capping the number of homes individuals can negatively gear to two. The CGT discount,
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A new big battery project has attracted 72 objections from mostly long-distance, anonymous parties whose submissions range from considered to unhinged.
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When I was a small child in Tumut, I suffered badly from what was later diagnosed as asthma to the extent that my local doctor suggested I should go to what I remember was the Far West Children’s Home (now Royal Far West1) in the Sydney beachside suburb of Manly.
Major General Chris Smith DSC AM CSC teed off at the culture of managerialism affecting military decisions. His thoughts could be applied far more widely than just the military, and he should be applauded. “At the point of definition, those at the other end of your rifle are the enemy, and you are their enemy.
Sydney’s auction clearance rates have trended down over recent weeks, while auction volumes have materially increased. As a result, the growth in Sydney dwelling values have begun to fall. Sydney’s final auction clearance rate fell to 62.4% last weekend, based on 987 auctions. This result was down from 64.1% the prior weekend (from 772 auctions)
Our leaders are not wise or insightful. They’re not even particularly intelligent. Our society is led by plutocrats who only know how to make more money, by unelected empire managers who only know how to dominate and control, and by elected politicians who only know how to say the right words and make the right bargains in order to get themselves elected.…
The NSW government is creating a heavily resourced policing unit of around 250 officers, prioritising hate crimes above other violence. Andrew Brown asks why.
Every four minutes in New South Wales, police respond to a domestic violence incident, a relentless cycle of harm that rarely makes front-page news.
As the Russia–Ukraine war enters its fifth year, hard questions are overdue. In Part 1 of a two-part series, Michael McKinley examines the strategic history behind the conflict and Australia’s uncritical alignment with a US-led approach that offered Ukraine little prospect of victory.
Former US President Bill Clinton has reportedly told congressional investigators that he did not have sex with a woman photographed with him in a jacuzzi, and does not even know her name, according to CNN and NBC sources familiar with the testimony about his links to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The US has suffered 200 casualties in Iranian retaliatory strikes on bases across the Middle East, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed.
Israeli army has initiated a strike against Iran "to remove threats against the State of Israel", the nation’s Defense Minister Israel Katz announced, adding a special and immediate state of emergency has been declared across the country.
"'As a result, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate timeframe," the Israeli authorities add.